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Kech: A bullet –riddled body was found dumped at a deserted  area in Kech district of Balochistan on Thursday. According to the Balochistan Levies, they found the   body in Dasht area and shifted to hospital, where body was found as Shero Dilbar, resident of Gawadar. Doctors said that the body was shot in the head and chest. the dead body ...

Quetta: A trader from  Hindu community was kidnapped from Hazar Ganji area of Quetta on Thursday. According to the police Mukesh Kumar  closed   his shop  and was  returning  home  in Kanak area  of Mastung, nearby  district of Quetta, when armed  men  intercepted him and drove away  to unknown location. Police have started a search in the area. Staff Reporter Published ...

QUETTA: Three men were shot injured in town committee area of Mastung district on Thursday.  According to the police, unidentified armed men shot injured three persons and fled from the scene. Police rushed to the site and shifted the injured to district hospital. “The injured who were identified as Ali Gul shabaz Khan and Lowng Khan are under treatment” Said ...

QUETTA: Balochistan faces 1110 Mega Watts shortfall as its demand   has touched a  mark  of  1600 MW while  available  supply is 950 MW. Sources said that 5 to 6  hours   daily load shedding  is made in Quetta city. However, due to system overloading sometimes there is  tripping and low  voltage. According to the sources daily 10 hours  supply is made ...

By Mir  Behram Baloch According to Akbar Hussain Durrani, the Home Secretary Balochistan, a report by the judicial commission probing mass grave incidents in Balochistan’s Khuzdar districts has been submitted. The head of commission Justice Noor Muhammad Muskanzai submitted the report, containing statements from 57 individuals. This commission was formed soon after when in late January 2014, a shepherd had spotted a ...

By Asad Hashim  Islamabad, Pakistan – Sitting in a tent outside the Islamabad Press Club, in the baking heat of the Punjab summer, Zerjan Baloch awaits justice. Not that she expects to receive it, she says. On March 18, witnesses said a group of armed men in paramilitary uniforms and others in plainclothes apprehended Zahid Baloch, Zerjan’s husband, in the southwestern city ...

Quetta: The administration of University of Balochistan has increased tuition fees and hostel fees for the students. This has created uproar and resentment against the university administration among the students. After the increase the Fee of M.Phil is 150,000, PhD 200,000, Examinations Fee of M.A 10,000, Examination Fee of B.Ed 10,500, Examination fee of B.A 5000. The fee for issuance ...

Quetta: BNP-Awami carried out a candlelight vigil against closure of schools in Panjgur. Private schools in Panjgur were closed after facing serious threats from an unknown extremist organization. The participants of the vigil said that all girls and private school are closed in Panjgur of last two month. Government has failed to take any action to solve this grave crisis, ...

By Sherry Ricchiardi The tall, lanky reporter brushed away tears as he described the mangled bodies and anguished cries for help.  Shell-shocked survivors wandered aimlessly in the rubble left in the wake of a suicide bombing. Minutes after medics, police and the media rushed to the scene, a second explosion shook the neighborhood.  The reporter watched in stunned silence as ...

By Adnan Aamir Balochistan is the most ignored province of Pakistan in every walk of life. It grabs media attention mostly on those issues which are important for the ruling elite of Pakistan. Such issues range from the appointment of Arsalan Iftikhar at an important position to the installation of coal fired power plants in Balochistan that will produce electricity ...